Smokers' strategic responses to sin taxes: Evidence from panel data in Thailand

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 127-141

  White, Justin S ^a   Hana, Ross ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cigarettes; Compensating behavior; Price effects; Thailand; Tobacco taxation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; COST; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOKING; TAX; THAILAND; TOBACCO; ADOLESCENT; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMERCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAXES; THAILAND; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920921980     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.3004     Document Type: Review

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